Expressing serious concern over delay in finalising corruption cases, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on Monday asked all Departments to complete these inquiries within a maximum period of six months to keep away “nothing will change” notion associated with govern-ance. The move comes after the Commission noted that admini-strative authorities were not adhe-ring to the time-schedule prescr-ibed for completion of disciplinary proceedings.
“In a recent study conducted by the Commission, it has been noticed that while the average time taken by the admin-istrative authorities in finalisation of disciplinary proceedings is more than two years, the maximum time taken in a particular case was eight years and at least in 22 per cent cases the inquiry took more than two years,” the CVC said.